dustin_K_tx saidSoboringjust like the straight ones?--no go-go boys from the clubs, throwing beads and showing their chichi's.

about time folks know that being gay isn't all about sex. folks can have gay pride with their shirt and pants on. nowadays, the folks that try to equate gay pride with sex is the homophobes or on our side of things, the gay dudes that are either insecure with themselves or the guys with their own motives.

we don't owe heterosexuals anything though and equal rights need to be granted without having to "convince" heterosexuals that we are ~*~just like them~*~

also, sexphobia is a huge problem in society in general, and heterosexuals are generally way worse than the lgbt world but since a lot of gay men now want to be seen as "the same" as their heterosexual counterparts they are joining in on the anti-sex stance as well.

honestly if you have a problem with public displays of sexuality you'd better be complaining about every single bit of violence you see in the news or in movies etc. or else you're pretty much just allowing hate to fester and promoting the censorship of basic human pleasure.

The last time I attended pride in Atlanta, the event occurred during the last weekend in June. The weather was miserable! Hot and high humidity! You couldn't concentrate looking at the eye candy because it was so damn hot! I haven't attended an ATL pride since then.

Determinate saidAnyone else attend Pride in Atlanta this past weekend?And CHURCHES! It would be easier to name the churches who didn't have floats in the parade. And SYNAGOGUES---no surprise but really sweet to see so many synagogues represented.

One of the grand marshalls, Faisal Alam is MUSLIM.

Many folks are under-selling the importance of our gay-affirming faith communities. Especially in the South (North Carolina most notably), they're the ones defusing whatever momentum was being gained by anti-gay groups chirping about "religious freedom" as an excuse for discrimination. These welcoming and affirming places of worship continue to remind people that anti-gay policies are crimping THEIR religious freedoms. Atlanta does as good a job as any at inviting faith-based communities to participate in their Pride Parades.

Determinate saidPlenty of go go boys and bead tossing. And Delta Airlines had a fab drag queen flight attendant leading their contingent.

Heteros at Pride are a lot less prudish than certain prim(anus-clenching) members of our community.

Not everyone who doesn't support "Pride" parades is "prudish." Some of us just don't understand why those with gender confusion are always chosen to lead the parade. That has nothing to do with being gay and yet they're treated like that's what we all aspire to be. In fact, to follow the whole "pick your gender" philosophy, these people see themselves as females who are attracted to men, they are straight, not gay.